Captive Solar Energy
No recent recordsSolar installer based in California · installer record #2379 resolved from 388 public installation records.
At a glance
Captive Solar Energy is a solar installer with 388 recorded installations totalling 3.1 MW, dated 2020 to 2023. All of its records are in California, where it ranks 570th of 6,010 profiled installers by volume and 919th of 10,537 nationally. The median installed price across 387 priced systems from all years is $3.71/W before incentives.
Track record
Install volume by year
Recorded installs per year; prices by year are in the table below.
Pricing
Price by year (solar only)
| Year | Priced systems | Captive Solar Energy | California median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 238 | $3.79/W | $4.11/W | −8% |
| 2021 | 138 | $3.65/W | $3.98/W | −8% |
| 2020 | 7 | $4.02/W | $3.97/W | +1% |
Median installed price per DC watt before incentives, systems without a battery, by the year in the public record. Years with fewer than five priced systems are left out.
Why a company's own figure can differ from this one
- Timing. These prices come from state incentive filings, published about once a year, so the latest full year here is 2025. Prices moved down in many states after 2023; a company's current quotes can be lower (or higher) than its last full year on record.
- Dates. A filing is dated when the program processed it, not when the job was sold, so jobs can land in a different month or year than in the company's own books.
- What the price includes. The filed price is the whole project as reported to the program, which can include loan dealer fees, electrical panel upgrades or roof work. A company's internal figure often leaves those out.
- Batteries. Systems flagged with a battery are excluded here; a battery the filing didn't flag can still raise a year's median.
Latest records
Most recent recorded installs
| Date | Location | Size | Price | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2023 | Red Bluff, CA | 5.7 kW | $25,000 | Host-owned |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Los Molinos, CA | 10.2 kW | $34,000 | Host-owned |
| May 16, 2023 | Cottonwood, CA | 10.6 kW | $34,980 | Host-owned |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Yuba City, CA | 2.9 kW | $12,000 | Host-owned |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Oroville, CA | 13.3 kW | $48,703 | Host-owned |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Grass Valley, CA | 17.6 kW | $69,000 | Host-owned |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Chico, CA | 6.2 kW | $29,876 | Host-owned |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Millville, CA | 13.5 kW | $61,000 | Host-owned |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Chico, CA | 7.9 kW | $37,915 | Host-owned |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Paradise, CA | 4.3 kW | $19,000 | Host-owned |
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Service geography
- California
- 388
Busiest cities
Record
- Installer ID
- PC-2379
- First recorded install
- Nov 23, 2020
- Last recorded install
- Jun 29, 2023
- Priced records
- 387
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How does Captive Solar Energy compare with other installers in California?
By recorded installations Captive Solar Energy ranks 570th among the 6,010 installers based in California with five or more records. Its all-years median price of $3.71/W is about 13% below the California median of $4.26/W. Its median system, 7.3 kW, is about 24% above the state median of 5.9 kW. 0% of its recorded installations are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), against 29% across California. under 1% include battery storage, compared with 16% of California records. Installers of similar recorded volume in California include Peace Of Mind Electric (391), Sierra Roofing And Solar (390) and First Response Solar (389).
How has Captive Solar Energy's installation volume changed?
Captive Solar Energy's earliest dated installation on record is from 2020. It has recorded installations in 4 calendar years. The busiest year was 2022, with 238 installations. 2023, its latest year with records, has 3. Its median price per watt moved from $4.02/W in 2020 to $3.33/W in 2023. The most recent recorded installation is dated Jun 29, 2023. No installation in the public records is dated within the last three years.
Where does Captive Solar Energy install solar?
All recorded installations are in California. The cities with the most of its installations are Chico, CA (161), Paradise, CA (44), Red Bluff, CA (26), Yuba City, CA (23) and Anderson, CA (18).
Frequently asked questions
How many solar installations has Captive Solar Energy completed?
PanelCensus records 388 installations by Captive Solar Energy, from Nov 23, 2020 to Jun 29, 2023, totalling 3.1 MW of capacity. Public reporting varies by state, so the company's true total may be higher.
What does Captive Solar Energy charge for solar?
The median installed price across 387 priced systems from all years is $3.71/W before incentives (median system 7.3 kW, about $28,200). The California median is $4.26/W. Prices are the total project cost reported to state programs, so they can include work billed with the solar.
Where does Captive Solar Energy install solar?
All 388 recorded installations are in California, the most of them in Chico.
Is Captive Solar Energy still installing solar?
The most recent installation attributed to Captive Solar Energy in the public records is dated Jun 29, 2023; 2023 has 3 recorded installations. Records reach PanelCensus months to a couple of years after installation, so recent activity may not appear yet.
Does Captive Solar Energy install leased or PPA solar systems?
0 recorded installations by Captive Solar Energy (0%) are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement; across California the share is 29%.
Does Captive Solar Energy install battery storage?
1 recorded installation by Captive Solar Energy (under 1%) includes a battery.
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Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + permit and program records; installer resolved by exact-normalized name matching.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published September 21, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Captive Solar Energy, solar installer (California)”, https://panelcensus.com/installers/california/captive-solar-energy-2379 (data as of September 21, 2026).